The Russellville Democrat. [volume] (Russellville, Ark.) 1875-1898, 1887-10-05

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ana bossbaads and GOTTEN halas ana ,,ics
casts tha noaesn,;no liebt Of divine riobt.
Ana the ord said INTO me, Amos what seest
thons And I said 4 ninmh in
In the same wav We a-,a 40 measure
our tbeolopies. All sorts OF religions are
putting forth their pretensions. Some
have a spiritualistic religion. and their
chief work Il with phosts. and others a
religion of political economy proposing to
nut an end 20 human misery bv a new
style of taxation. and there Is a humans
tartan religion that looks after the body
of men and let's the soul look after itself.
and there is a legislative religion that
proposes To rectjfv ali wrongs
by enactment of better laws.
and there il nm aesthetic re.
ligion that bv rnles of exouisjte taste
would lift the heart ont of it's deformities.
and religions of all sorts. religions by the
pack, religions by the square foot, and re-
lieions bv1fhe ton--all Of them devices of
the devil that would take the heart away
from the only religion that will ever effect
ANYTHING for the human race. and that il
the straight down religion written
in the book. which begins with Genesis
and ends with Revelation. the religion OF
the skies. the old religion. the God.given
religion, the everlasting religion. which
saws:
Love God above all and your neighbor as
yourself
AL religions but the one begin at the
wrong end, and in the wrong place. The
Bible religion demands that we first get
right with God. 1t begins at the top and
measures down, while the other religions
begin at the bottom and try TO measure
up. They stand at the foot OF the wall,
up to their knees in the mud of human
theory and speculation. and have a plum
met and a string tied fast to 1t. And they
throw the plummet this way. and break a
head there. and throw the nlum-
met another wny. and break a head
there. and then thew throw il mn. and il
WHY will Won stand Mt the foot of the
wall measuring up when YOU ought to
stand at the ton measuring down?
A few DAYS ago | was in the country,
thirsty after long walk. And / came
in, and my child was blowing soap bub-
bles and they rolled out of the cup, blue,
and gold, and green, and sparkling, and
beautiful, and orbicular. and in so small
a space never saw more splendor con-
centrated. But she blew once too often
and all the glory vanished into suds,
Then turned and took a glass of plain
water, and was refreshed. And so far
as soul thirst is concerned, I put against
all the glowing, glittering soap bubbles of
worldly reform and human speculation.
one drought from the fountain from
under the throne of God, clear as crystal.
Glory be to God for the religion that
drops from above, not coming up from be-
neath
And the Lord said unto me, Amos, what
seest thous and said A plumb line.
| want you to notice this fact, that when
man gives up the straight up-and down
religion in the Bible for any new-fangled
religion it is generally TO suit his sins.
You first hear OF his change of religion,
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practiced in Colorado mining stock, tell
ing some one II he will put in $4,000 he
can take out 700; or he has sacrificed
his chastity or plunged into irremediable
worldliness. His sins are so broad he has
to broaden his religion, and he becomes
as broad as temptation, as broad as the
SOUPS darkness, as broad as hell. They
want religion that will allow them to
keep their sins, and then at death say to
them: swell done, good aud faithful
servant" and that tells Them GAN is
well, for there is no hell" What a glo-
rious heaven they hold before us! Come,
let us go in and see it. There is Herod
and all the babes he massacred. There
is Charles Guiteau, and Jim Fske, and
Robespierre, the fiend of the French gull
lotine, and all the liars, thieves, house,
pufHcrS, RaFFottrs, PICK pockets anu iiDer-
tines Of all the centuries. They have all
got crowns, and thrones, and harps, and
scepters, and when they chant they sing
Thanksgiving and honor and glory and
power to the broad religion that let us all
into Heaven without repentance and faith
in those disgraceful dogmas Of ecclesiasti
cal old-fogyism."
My text gives Inc grand opportunity Of
saying useful word to all young men
who are now forming habits for lifetime.
OF what use TO stonemason or a brick
LAYER is a plumb Iine9 Why not build the
wall by the unaided eye aud handg Be-
cause they are insufficient, because If there
be detection in the wall il can not fur.
Their ON be corrected. Because by the law
OF gravitation a wall must be straight in
order to be symmetrical and safe.
A young man is in danger of getting a
defect in his wail Of character that NAV
never be corrected One of the best
friends | ever had died of deljrium tremens
az c;xtv yaarr Of ooa tban1b ba had vo+